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went in where the horse was. I took a good whip in 

 my hand and made him do penance for no other sin 

 but that of too much gentleness. Going out, I took 

 off my friar's dress and went in again in my own 

 dress, and handled him gently. I repeated the opera- 

 tion a few days, at the end of which I took the horse 

 back to his master, and told him he might lend him 

 to the friar whenever he pleased. A day or two 

 after he came to my store. '' Your remedy," said 

 he, " has had a marvellous effect. Our monk has 

 just left my house, perfectly persuaded that my horse 

 is possessed with the devil. For when the holy 

 personage came up to take him by the bridle to get 

 on him, he was so frightened, and wheeled round so 

 quick, and flew away from him with so much terror, 

 that one would have said he took him for the destroy- 

 ing angel." The friar crossed himself many times, 

 hurried away in all haste to the convent to sprinkle 

 himself with holy water, and never asked my friend 

 for his horse again.' ^ 



In this case the horse remembered the dress, not 

 the features of the individual who used the whip on 

 him. But horses can remember features as well as 

 costumes. 



' The late General Pater of the East India Service 

 was a remarkably fat man. While stationed at 

 Madras he purchased a charger, which, after a short 

 trial, all at once betook himself to a trick of lying 



* TacliyTiippodamia^ by W. J. Pellow. 



